EDISON — In an effort to bind some of Edison’s wounds after a heated campaign, mayor-elect Thomas Lankey has chosen two of his campaign rivals to serve on his transition team that will be chaired by the mayor of Woodbridge.

John McCormac, mayor of Woodbridge since 2006, will chair a team that includes Republican Gaetano “Guy” Gaspari and Councilman Sudhanshu Prasad, who will serve as an “ado hoc” member along with the most of the township council. Gaspari and Prasad ran against Lankey. Prasad is a Democrat who ran as an Independent.

Lankey defeated the incumbent mayor, Antonia Ricigliano, who also ran as an Independent after losing the support of the township’s powerful Democratic party.

He said he wanted to include Gaetano and Prasad on his transition team because they both had good ideas during the campaign that he believes could benefit the township.

Lankey said he included current and former council members, along with those elected with him in November, because “it is essential that council members have an integral role in the evaluation and decision-making process.”

“My administration will be one of openness, transparency and teamwork,” he said. “We can accomplish so much more for Edison residents if council members, department heads and township employees work considerately and cooperatively.”

Lankey, a councilman until he’s sworn in as mayor next month, and other council members complained for most of Ricigliano’s term that she didn’t cooperate or communicate with the council.

The other transition members are Thomas Paterniti, chairman of the Edison Democratic Organization and a former Edison mayor and state legislator; Charles Tomaro, a former councilman now on the Middlesex County Board of Freeholders; former council member Melissa Perilstein; Lora Fong, a school board member; and Sapana Shah, a council member-elect.

Lankey has also appointed to the team Mohammad Zubair, an Edison internist; Prabhu Patel, an engineer; Anthony Russomanno, who handled Lankey’s campaign; Joseph Petrucelli, a forensic accountant; and Jonathan Jaffe, who owns a public relations firm.

Lankey said the team’s primary goals are to review existing practices from each department in township government; research the best policies and practices used in other New Jersey communities, and recommend ways to improve cost-efficiency.

“I have assembled a knowledgeable team,” he said. “I am confident they will help make Edison more efficient, more affordable, and find ways to enhance Edison’s services to our families, senior citizens and children.”